Hi Dr Stan, I wanted some advice on what is a safe way to wean my mother off Plavix tablets. She has been on them for 2 1/2 yrs after having a TIA and after finding out that people have died from heart attacks after going suddenly off this medication within a month I was [...]
Weaning off Plavix?
March 15th, 2011 · 12:55 PM
Tags: Coumadin, heart attacks, Nattokinase, Plavix, strokes, TIAs
Two Fascinating Articles: Draw Your Own Conclusions
March 2nd, 2009 · 7:51 AM
This caught my attention: an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on February 2 of this year, about a new anti-clot drug that will compete with Plavix. There were problems with the drug being given a “clean bill of health” by the review committee. TWO WEEKS LATER, Wall Street Journal carried a story [...]
Tags: cardiologist, FDA, Lilly, Plavix, prescriptions
Plavix, Blood Clotting and Healthy Options
January 3rd, 2009 · 11:03 AM
Wall Street Journal
December 31, 2008
FDA Considers Updating Plavix Label
Three new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet demonstrate several dilemmas in Plavix medication use:
1. What is the percentage of people taking Plavix (a medication that reduces the ability of platelets to aggregate, initiating the clotting process) who are still at risk [...]
Tags: blood clotting, drugs, EDTA, free radicals, inflammation, internal bleeding, IV chelation, Nattokinase, oxidation, platelet aggregation, Plavix, ulcers
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: